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VOL. XXIII
IIOOI) ItlVEI!, ORKIIOX. Tllt'lISIUY, .MWB 2L, Hill
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By outsiders investing in Portland property did the
old "WISEHAMMERS" realize that they had been
flirting with opportunity?
Hood River Valley had the same experience.
Ask any old timer.
Today the same thing is happening at
Hosier View
Orchards
We can deliver to you a five-year-old strictly com
mercial orchard first-class in every respect at a net
cost to you of less than you could possibly produce
the same orchard if the raw land was
Qiven You Absolutely Free.
If you doubt the above statement, get wise,
Investigate Our Orchards
and Our Proposition as
others have done and you
will be convinced.
Hood River Orchard Land Co.,
(Capital $500,000)
Devlin & Fircbaugh
Sales Agents.
Hotel Oregon Bldg., 906-909 Yeon Bldg.,
Hood River, Oregon Portland, Oregon!
For Sale by Owner
200 acres, 00 acres cleared, 11 acres planted, balance
unimproved. Price cheap and easy terms.
J. P. Thomsen
It. F. I). No. 1 box 01)
Phone 290 Odell
Land For Sale
-5P i ii.uu.iuiuui x,jwf ucres oi io. j audio lana. jt
most of it under ditch at prices ranging from $60
per acre up
In tracts from ten acres up.
J. R. STEELE
Hood River ... Oreeron
HKW 1 H-H-Hlli'H ... 1 1 n nn 1 I I I H-M Mil H-'I-M M-l
Special Bargains in Land
17 Acres Uncleared; 1 mile from railroad station, t
school and stores; all first class apple land; just
enough slope for perfect drainage. For one
month this can be-bought for $125 an acre. It's
a snap. '
10 Acres In Oak Grove district; 9 acres in Spitzen
burgs and Newtowns, mostly 2 years old; 3 acres
strawberries between trees; 1 acre clover; 4-iwm
cottage, small barn and good well; most attrac
tive location. $7,000; easy terms.
176 Acre Tract For subdividing. A money maker.
See us about it.
J. H. Heilbronner &
Company
The Reliable Dealers Hood River, Ore.
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Bargains in Three Flats
Three Bargain in Willow Flat
A. Flat Forty acres; unimproved; all under irriga
tion; on good county road; 30 acres first-class
orchard land ; balance good timber.
Four Thousand Dollars,
One-Half Cash.
B. Flat Forty acres a little higher up on the scale,
above irrigation; all good orchard land. Ten
acres partially cleared; adjoining $250 land.
Four Thousand and Five Hundred Dollars
One-Third Cash. .
C. Flat Ten acres all improved; three acres of
HOME, three year-year-old trees; balance eijj-yoar,
SWEET except small patch of hay and berries for
HOMES home use; small house and barn, both new.
One of the best pieces in Willow Flat.
Six Tnousand Dollars,
Half .Cash.
GEO. W. DIMMICK
Phone 344-K
Office Phone
45-L
II. H. HADl OCk
Phone 326-M
Dimmick & Hadlock
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Improved and Unimproved
ORCHARD LANDS
Office First Door West Mt.
Hood Hotel, Ground Floor
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Don't Leave the Hood River District
Without Investigating
Mosier Valley
Natural advantages for fruit
growing unexcelled. Laud
nrices have doubled within the
last two yearsbut are not over half thal'asked for similar, land in other
sections. Buy now before the speculators add their profits.
COMMERCIAL CLUB OF MOSIER
MOSIER, OREGON.
Six Miles East of Hood River, Oregon
20 PER ACRE DO
Is enough to secure partly cleared first-class apple land m CENTRAL VALE. Bal
ance on easy terms. Permanent water rights with all lands of the CENTRAL OR
CHARD CO., in the Heart of Hood River. The five-year-old trees in the Central
orchard last fall averaged 1 boxes. Nearly one-third of our acreage has been sold dur
ing'the past six weeks.
It is All Good and All Going. You Had Better See It.
Ask C. R. BONE, Pres,
or J. E. MONTGOMERY
Central Orchard Co.
Phone 1G1-M
Oak & 3rd Sts
MUNICIPAL SYSTEM
NOW ASSURED
CITY AND OWNERS AGREE ON PLN
Old Tlaiit Will Be Condemned By Eminent
Domain Proceedings -Citizens Greet
Action with Approval.
As evidenced bv the business con
ducted liy the city council atjthe regu
lar Mommy night meeting, the ques
tion of the acquisition by the city of
the water system recently purchased
from the Hood Kiver Tower & Light
Co. by the Tacitie Tower & Light. Co.
reached its last stage when the city
fathers decided to accept one of the
alternative propositions offered by the
owners of the property and proceed to
acquire it under the power of -eminent
domain.
Below is submitted the communica
tion from Vice-President Grenier, of
the Pacific Tower & Light Co. :
To the Honorable Mayor and the
Common Council cf the City of Horn!
Kiver, Hood Kiver, Oregon.
Dear Sirs: Continuing my state
ments in our interview of the Kith
inst. Tacitie Tower & Light Co. re
spectfully ofTer to sell and convey its
entire water works property and sys
tem in your city to the City'of'Hood
Kiver at the present reasonable value
thereof ; such reasonable value to be
determined by either of the following
methods :
1. I!y an appraisal to be made by a
board of three disinterested arbitra
tors, one to be appointed by you, one
by the Pacific Tower & Light Co., and
the third to be agreed upon by the two
arbitrators so appointed; such ar
bitrators to be engineers or otherwise
familiar with or competent to pass on
values of property of this kind.
2. Hy proceedings under the power
of eminent domain brought in the
name of the City of Hood Kiver in
accordance with the provisions of the
statutes of the State of Oregon and
the City charter with reference to the
appropriation of property for public
purposes.
The valuation to be made by either
of the above methods shall include" the
value of all reservoirs, mains, pipes,
supplies, real estate used in connection
therewith, water rights, and all other
rights or easements of value to the
property now owned or used in connec
tion with the Company's water works
system; the Company's olfer including
the entire water works system with
all rights and privileges appurtenant
thereto.
In my interview of the 10th inst., I
st.ited that the Company would be
willing to sell the above mentioned
property for $45,000, even though the
appraised valuation found by either
ot the above methods would exceed
such sum. After a conference with
other executive officers of the Com
pany, it has been decided to reduce
this sum to $12,500, which according to
aa examination and report recently
tnade by Mr. D. C. Henny, a consult
ing engineer, represents the actual
physical value of water 'rights, fran
chises and the value of the business as
a going concern.
Mr. llenny's report dated March 3,
1911, showed that in reaching the
above valuation he deducted somewhat
over $7,000 oiF the replacement value
of the property for depreciation, and
made no allowances whatever, as
above stated, for value of water
rights, franchises, etc. A separate
valuation of the water rights which
are offered to the City as part of this
system was estimated by Mr. Ilonny
on a conservative basis at $15,000.
The Tacific Power & Light Co. offers
this property to the City of Hood
Kiver, as above indicated, at a price
considerably below its actual physical
value and its present value to the
Company, because it desires to assist
the iople of Hood Kiver in carrying
out their frequently desire to own and
operate their own water works system.
TheJCompany further recognizes the
immediate necessity of the City ob
taining a largci and more abundant
water supply than is at present avail
able, and it believes that by offering
its own property to the City at the
reasonable value thereof, the City will
be materially assisted in .obtaining the
relict desired.
If the City prefers to purchase this
property at the valuation appraised as
above suggested instead of at the
Company's cash offer of $12,500, the
Company will do everything possible
on its part toward getting such valua
tion determined as promptly as pos
sible.
Respectfully yours.
Tacitie Tower & Light Co.
Hy A. S. Oreiner,
Vice-President.
The following is the report of the
Fire and Water committee of the
council :
Hood River, Oregon, June 19, 1911.
To the Mayor and Common Council
of the City of Hood River, Oregon.
Gentlemen : We, your Committee on
Fire and Water, have during the past
week, been in conference with the
present owners of the Water System,
with a view of procuring from them
some expression of their attitude on
the water question as affecting the
City's water supply. At the request
of your committee, the Tacific Power
& Light Company, the present owners
of the water plant, have addressed the
attached communication to the Council
for consideration and in connection
with this emmunication your com
mittee beg to make the following re
port. :
(1) Taking up the propositions of
fered in this communication in their
order, we report that we do not favor
the first proposition outlined, for the
reason that this method, while gener
ally held forth as equitable in affairs,
we do not feel would be free from
censure, should the award of arbitra
tors exceed what has generally been
accepted to the value of the plant; and
be that as it may, the last analysis of
this method means that one man prac
tically fixes the award, which we do
not feel to be proper in this case.
(2) We report in favor of the sec
ond proposition outlined in the Water
Company 's offer ; that is, for the City
to proceed to condemn the plant, with
all its fixtures and appurtenances, and
have the value assessed by a jury of
twelve men, after hearing all the evi
dence in the case. This would give us
an award free from suspicion and criti
cism and one which the citizens of
Hood River might well get behind and
supHirt as a practical method of
settling a vexed but urgent question.
The Company gives every assurance of
its willingness to expedite such a pro
ceeding rather than hinder it, and with
further assurance on this point, as
well as that the case can ;be tried in
Wasco County in the State Circuit
Court, we feel that the matter can be
disposed of without any unnecessary
delay. Your Committee has taken the
liberty' cf discussing this proposition
with business men and tax payers in
all walks of life, and find that in every
instance, it meets with approbation:
further, the Company has agreed to
fix a maximu price of $42,500, beyond
which the City shall in no instance be
required to go, no matter what the
award of the.jury may be.
We believe this to be a good business
proposition for the City, and in this
connection we urge that the Council
submit the proposition to the people at
the earliest possible moment, as the
council should have an expression from
them before proceeding to final deter
mination in a matter which will have
to be approved ultimately by the tax
payers before it can be brought to
fruition.
Your committee is pleased to be able
to make a report along these lines, as
in their judgmeut it offers the most
practical solution yet offered of this
question, the delay in the settlement
of which is materially hindering the
progress or the city.
Respectfully submitted,
Chas. T. Early,
11. L. Howe,
J. E. Robertson.
The council referred the report back
to the committee and ordered it to
proceed along the lines it provided.
Councilman Early, who is chairman
of the Fire and Water committee, was
hearily applauded when.'.after calling
on any one of the citizens or council
men to express any objections that
might be had against a condemnation
proceeding, he said that the long
dreamed of municipal water system
would soon become a reality. No pro
test was raised against the provisions
of the report of the committee.
The chairman of the Special Sew -r
committee reported that its members
had investigated the territory through
which the proposed sewer for section
7 of district 7 along Columbia street
would pays and recommend its con
struction. The City Recorder was in
structed to notify the property holders
of the contents of the report.
Recorder Langille reported to the
council that two payments had been
made to Mrs. Hansberry for the prop
erty on the Heights, where the city
nas piannea to construct a reservoir,
and that a deed was in the hands of
T. D. Tweedy, who would turn it over
to the city as soon as the whole of the
purchase price was paid. Mr. Langille
stated that Mrs. Hansberry desired
that interest be paid regularly on the
outstanding principal, but that she was
willing to wait for payment of l ; v-
principa) itself until the city was in
Detter financial circumstances.
P. H. Coolidge, represcntine D. C
Clapp, the owner of the business build
ing located at the corner of Oak and
Third streets, Jaddressed the council
asking that Mr. Clapp be allowed to
build a board sidewalk on a level with
the street in order to avoid the incon
venience caused by the excavation re
cently made necessary when the con
crete walk was consructed in front of
the building. It is Mr. Clapp's inten
tion to maintain the board walk until
the streets arc graded. He will then
lower his building to the street level.
The request was granted by the council.
VALLEY DELIGHTS
T110S. W. LAWSON
BUILD FOR All TIME IS HIS ADVICE
God lias Loaded Hood River with the
Best of His Plenty, Says the
Noted Bustonian.
T.Y TlIOM X W. l.AWSOS.
DUMBLE AND BISHOP
ELECTED JO BOARD
The meeting of the voters of school
district No. 3, which was nerhans the
moBt largely attended meeting in the
hn tory of the district, was called to
order Monday afternoon at the Park
street school building by President
Geo. R. Castner, who thanked the
patrons of the schools for their hearty
co-operation during the term of the
school board. Mr. Castner stated that
the the school district was in good
financial shape. Leaving aside the
bonded debt, he said the district owed
no money. If the members of the
board had mado any mistakes during
their term they were unintentional he
declared. Inclosing Mr. Castner said
he thought there were two questions,
namely, whether the district should
establish a manual training department
and whether --the term should be ex
tended to ten months, that should re
ceive the consideration of the meeting.
Both matters were discussed but no
conclusion was reached as to either.
Dr. H. L. Humble was nominated to
take the position of Mr. Castner, the
retiring member of the board this
year, and unanimously elected. A.
W. Onthank clerk of the term just
ending, and F. A. Bishop were nomi
nated for clerk. A ballot resulted in
the election of Mr. Bishop, who re
ceived 42 votes. 28 were cast for Mr.
Onthank.
THOMPSON AMONG
0. A. C. GRADUATES
The Oregon Agricultural College
gave diplomas to 132 this week, 3 of
which were degrees of Master of
Science and 128 Bachelors of Science,
with 1 graduate in music. The bach
elors degrees were given graduates of
the departments of engineering, 53;
agriculture, 22; commerce, 21 ; domes
tic science and art, 14; pharmacy, 8;
forestry, 5.
Honors were awarded to 13 Btudents,
2 each in the departments of agricul
ture, civil engineering, mechancial
engineering, and :ommerce, and 1 each
in pharmacy, mining, electrical engi
neering, forestry and domestic science.
Maj. MacAlexander awarded com
missions for next year to 49 cadet
officers of the regiment, including the
colonel, lieutenant colonel, 3 majors,
15 captains, 15 lieutenants and 14
second lieutenants.
Among the students graduating was
C. C. Thompson of this county, son of
C. D. Thompson, county superintend
ent of education, who received the
degree of Bachelor of Science in the
department of Agriculture. Mr.
Thompson will establish a nursery
here.
Insure your automobile against acci
dent. See Hood Kiver Abstract Co.
Rubber Stamps at the Giacier office
What do 1 think of Hood River?
That's the same question they asked
me the other day about Portland, and
my answer is the same the most ideal
siK)t 1 have ever seen. When 1 gave
the Oregonian my impression of Tort
land 1 had been but a week in your
marvelous state. Since then 1 have
spent ten days- active days, in Hood
Kiver Valley. Alter a busy business
man, and one who Btudents two-legged
men, three-eyed women and things,
and critters and tlowers, has hobby
horsed the world for brain grub for
almost half a century, he habits him
self to the quick sponging of the past.
present, and future of each locality
he lights on. Ten days in a new spot '
means to him a finished course in the
study he has laid out for himself.
There are two defects in the study
most men busy men make of the
away-froiri-home community. They are
biased when they start out they start
out wrong. Their bias skewgees their
vision at the beginning of their inves
tigation and their wrong start consists
of hooking elbows with the biased men
of the community they are studying.
Both are natural as well as common
defects. 1 happen to be without either
in my look-over of Hood River Valley.
A man - a busy man, invades a new
community either for the purpose of
proving the soundness of his precon
ceived good idea of it, or for the pur
pose of busting that idea. In other
words the reason for a man a busy
man, being in a new community for
investigation is self interest, and he
naturally lands right otf the reel in the
arms of those motived by self interest
in the arms either of the booster or
the knocker. The ,legroed student of
things world-wide in time habits him
self to doing a new community in his
own way, the way experience has
taught him is the only way to get at
the every-day-in-the-year local condi
tion. When 1 landed in Hood River ycur
good towns people your Commercial
Club, your bankers, your merchants
and your ranchers pounced on me with
a heaped basket oi mat open-handed;
open-hearted coiuu-sy which is fait
making them famous outside Oregon,
and beyond the VV ct and even Amer
ica ; a bHtiquet, a smoke-talk, an end
less chain of automobile excursions,
etc., etc., but 1, like the selfish brute
1 am, sneaked them all and just poked
out by myself. 1 Know huw it is with
myself when I a.u iwii.e and not a
stranger. 1 just like to show off all
our home beauties. 1 never take him
through the back door and by the way
of the kitchen to the best room no,
1 guess not, it might be wash day, or
corned beet'-and-eabbago day, and who
wants to show otf cabbage-aromaed
wash suds, and yet how essential it is
to the btranger on getting-tho-real-conditions-of-the-country
bent to actu
ally know whether the native's lad is
soft soap or Taris eau de violete;
whether tho fashion is cabbage in
Erin-fumed braw or lilac-hued cold
slaw. Human nature's tho same the
worldover( and Hood River is no ex
ceptionvisitors are welcomed to Hood
River with the Welcomer's best bib
and tucker, so 1 just poked by myself
for ten days in an effort to find out in
my own way if all these marvels of
nature and people and conditions
social and dollarwise were real, and
well, Hood River like her big city
brother, Tortland, is in a class all by
herself; if I had seen what 1 had Been
during the last ten days, and 1 were
undcrforty with my future in my hat,
never mind whether 1 were poor, or
well to do, 1 would vote myself a
chuckle-headed chump unless 1 planted
that future in the wonderful soil, ex
quisite climate, most God like scenery,
and superb social conditions which 1
have found at Hood River during my
ten days' poke-about. Indeed it made
me sail to think of what 1 had lost by
spending my life back there in the
East-and 1 just love the East at that,
and Boston well, I worship her every
crooked street, quuint lane, and moss
covered tradition and habit.
Take my word for it I mean toy
Word as an expert in such matters - in
the coming decade a red-bloodej man
will be able to garner more of that
sort - by - all combination Health,
Wealth, and Happiness, in this Oregon
paradise, than m any other spot on
earth that I know of, and in saying
this I have in mind the tremendousness
of the Bay. In my travels 1 have been
asked time and aguin to lend my voice
or pen to the booming of this, that or
the other locality, but I have always
answered, "My conscience would twang
at putting any place on earth ahead of
grand old Boston," but at last 1 am
compelled to doff my bonnet to your
wondrous advantages.
No, there' is not an atom of bias or
selfishness behind this boost, for all
my home and business and investment
interests are in other parts of the
world, and I have not -as yet a dollar
investment in Oregon. My statement
is merely my simple tribute to truth
my simple tribute to the remarkable
conditions 1 have actually seen and
felt, and personally known. In my ten
days I have critically looked over your
people, cautiously pinched their earn
estness, prodded their ambition, anal
yzed their enthusiasm, and plumbed
their faith; I have tramped the or
chards of the West Side and the East
Side, pawed over the soil of the Lower
Valley and the Upper, i have climbed
your mountains, and fished your rivers,
nave butted-in at the children's pic
nics, and the Indian's pow-wow, and
but what's the use, I can only repeat
it is superb, grand, glorious your
future as I see it, and see it plainly.
Do I intend to invest That'B hardly a
fair question, for tbey tell me that the
produce of the crossing of a bee hive
with a cyclone is not deuce high to
your real estate man once he hits the
trail, and I have a supsicion that some
of these centipedian dollar - chasers
have spotted me in my flutterings round
one or two particularly juicy looking
orchards.
Now that I have anwsered all your
questions and as I may lug away a few
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